1864-1910, French Author, Dramatist
A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.
Jules Renard – [Poetry and Poets]
A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.
Jules Renard – [Suffering]
Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open to you.
Jules Renard – [Compliments]
Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.
Jules Renard – [Laziness]
Fame is a constant effort
Jules Renard – [Fame]
I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.
Jules Renard – [Worry]
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
Jules Renard – [Solitude]
Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.
Jules Renard – [Love]
On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.
Jules Renard – [Heaven]
Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart.
Jules Renard – [Communism and Socialism]
Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three hundred.
Jules Renard – [Talent]
The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead.
Jules Renard – [Rewards]
There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.
Jules Renard – [Anger]
There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.
Jules Renard – [Fear]
Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.
Jules Renard – [Truth]
We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.
Jules Renard – [Existence]
Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins.
Jules Renard – [Words]
Words are the small change of thought.
Jules Renard – [Words]
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
Jules Renard – [Literature]